The BAD AST Project - Faze II

[trackrat79]

I have a fealing your not going to like what it tells you.I know a lot of guys that have lowered thier vehicles the way you are talking about and just about all of them complain about the road manners after the change. I am sure you know that stock suspension are desined to operate at a sertain ride hight. Drop spindals dont affect this but makes wheel selection a little difficult. Lowering springs change the area of motion that the control arms operate in and change the operation of the suspension. I think you would be much happier with your original plan.

Maybe its because I don't have the referance of the body to compare to the chassi but from your renderings it looks like the rack is in front of the front axle center line. I realize that astro vans are rather cab forward but I would think that a link between the stock columb and the rack should be possable allbeit a bit verticle.